Surrey Archaeological Society

Geophysical survey and evaluation by D Sykes of OA to inform a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for the restoration and enhancement of the park landscape. The geophysical work provided generally disappointing and inconclusive results, especially around the area of the priory where it had been hoped that evidence for former monastic structures would be forthcoming, although magnetometry work on the summit of Park Hill did reveal a number of anomalies consistent with the presence of a Bronze Age site that is suspected to exist in the area.

Evaluation and excavation by D Bird for the Roman Studies Group of SyAS, as part of a wider programme of work designed to gather together and reassess all available information of the villa site excavated by Lowther in the 1920s, and accompanying clay pits and tileworks surveyed and excavated by J Hampton in the 1960s. The work located the site of the villa, and a trench close to its frontage located the approach road to the villa. Two spoil heaps near the villa, and a spoil heap for the detached bath-house, together with the general location of this building, were also found.

Evaluation by G Hayman of SCAU to provide information to inform management decisions regarding the Scheduled earthworks in the church graveyard, specifically in relation to a proposal to extend the graveyard. The evaluation involved the excavation of a trench in the area immediately to the north of a substantial, partially infilled ditch. This was in use during the medieval period but follows, at least in part, the course of a smaller ditch of Roman or earlier origin which lies immediately to the north of the site of a Roman building.

Watching brief by N Shaikhley of SCAU during the creation of a new access road did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by T Munnery and S Hind of SCAU revealed that the original ground level of the site had been reduced, removing the archaeology-bearing horizons.

Watching brief by D Hartley of SyAS during residential redevelopment recovered a Roman amphora handle.

Excavation by A Hall of SyAS of a series of test pits on and near the alignment of Stane Street proposed by I D Margary revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest. (395)

Evaluation by J Perry of SutAS in advance of redevelopment revealed extensive disturbance and three fragments of struck flint, but no features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by J Perry of SutAS in advance of redevelopment revealed extensive disturbance and four fragments of burnt flint, but no features of archaeological interest

Excavation by A Hall of SyAS of a number of trenches and test pits on and near the alignment of Stane Street proposed by I D Margary. One of the trenches was located on an anomaly identified during a resistivity survey by A and D Graham of SyAS. No evidence of the road was revealed, but a post-medieval surface possibly associated with an old tollgate at ‘Gyles Green’ was exposed. (395)